[whysick99]

Hi all, I took Lexapro about 3 years ago for anxiety/panic and moderate depression. It worked wonders for me, so great that I felt good enough to quit taking it. Well, that turned out to be a mistake. I quit taking it in Sept. 07. In Feb, I started getting severe anxiety and panic attacks along with depression. I started back up with my 20mg dose of lexapro that I used to take, along with .25 mg 2 x day of xanax. I took the xanax at .25 for 10 days then dropped it to .125 2 x a day and then quit completely last Wed. I've been doing alright and I was proud of myself for stopping the xanax as the idea of benzos scare the crap out of me. However, yesterday I was pretty anxious and today I started to get a bit of a panic attack so I took a .125 of xanax and that seemed to help. Its been 4 weeks since I've started the lexapro and i was hoping I'd be back to normal by now. It seemed like last time I took it, it worked much faster. Has anyone experienced this? I'm starting to get worried about it not working like it did before and having to switch. Any feedback would be great!

[gimmeice]

I don't have any experience with Lexapro but it seems like my dr said one of the meds I am on takes 6 weeks to really help, sorry I couldn't be more helpful

[Christina86]

hey whysick99!

I'm taking Lexapro at the moment on 20mg. First AD I've ever taken... I was told by my pdoc and by the pharmacist that it can take time to build up in your system... especially after the length you were off of it.

I hope it works for you... maybe a med change may be in order, but most pdocs would probably say that more time is needed to figure out if its working or not.

[jamminpianogirl]

Although I've never had experience restarting lexapro - I was just put on it for the first time - I've been browsing around forums and doing some research on the drug, and I've heard people mention what you're experiencing before.

[yesyes1]

i took lexapro for one week at the beginning of february... the side effects were so bad that I quit after 9 days. My dr wanted to switch to zoloft but I refused to take another ssri.... it didnt work for me at all!